The Eastern Henan Army under the command of Xue Yue began a counteroffensive on the 25th and continued to receive frequent successes until the 26th.

The 88th Division captured Lanfeng Station on the 25th; The 87th Division captured Xulou on the 26th; On the same day, the 58th and 155th Divisions captured Luowang Station, the 155th Division stayed at the station, and the 58th Division besieged Luowangzhai.

In the direction of Sanyi Village. On the same day, the national army concentrated its superior forces on Lianke Chailou, Eighteen Villages, and Baowang Temple. The encirclement of the 14 division was again compressed.

"Chairman, chairman."

Cheng Qian rushed to see Chairman Jiang, holding the good news sent by Xue Yue in his hand.

"Three-line victory!"

As he spoke, Cheng Qian handed the message to the chairman.

After reading it, Chairman Jiang leaked a long-lost smile. At first, he was not optimistic about the second phase of the battle, but he didn't expect that in just two days, the third-line victory had been put on his desk.

"yes, yes." The chairman of the committee was very pleased, and said happily: "Give me a good reward for the three armed forces." By the way, hasn't Lan Feng been recovered? ”

"No, but it's not a big problem. The 87th and 88th Divisions are still deployed, and an operational plan for attacking Lanfeng is being drawn up. Now that the morale of the three armed forces is high, I think that by this time tomorrow, the good news of the capture of Lanfeng will be on the desk of the chairman. ”

"Okay." The chairman of the committee was relieved again and continued to ask: "What is the movement of Xuzhou?" ”

Cheng Qian replied: "Not yet." Just after the Great War, it took some time for the Japanese army to assemble. ”、

"That's good. You tell Xue Boling to make persistent efforts and be sure to eliminate Tufei Yuankou before the 30th. ”

"I'll go."

After speaking, Cheng Qian turned around and left.

On the 27th, the battle was still very fierce. The Japanese army once again sent a large number of troops to counterattack Luowang Station, and all the officers and soldiers of the 155th Division rose up to resist, and after a bloody battle, they controlled Luowang Station in their own hands.

Not to be outdone, the 58th Division and the troops of the Nationalist Army on the Eastern Front spared no effort to attack the Japanese troops in Luowangzhai and Sanyizhai. The three armies worked together, and after several rounds of fierce attacks, the Japanese army continued to retreat, and the encirclement was shrinking little by little.

However, the protagonists of this day were destined to be the 88th Division and the 87th Division, who joined forces on the 27th and eyed Lanfeng County.

The 87th Division and the 88th Division have a deep relationship. The two divisions were the "German armament divisions" that were the envy of all the troops at the beginning, and they participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and now they are attacking the strategic place of Lanfeng together, and the tacit understanding of the second division is self-evident.

The Japanese troops guarding Lanfeng were two brigades of the 14th Brigade of the 27th Division, one brigade of each of the outer line positions and the inner city (after the first stage of the battle, the formation was incomplete. ）

"Boom Boom" "......"

After a round of heavy artillery bombardment, the 88th Division took the lead in launching a fierce attack from the outlying positions on the western front of Lanfeng.

From the first round of attacks, Zhong Bin ordered his troops to attack with all his might, and seemed to want to kill the opponent with one punch. The Japanese positions were poorly fortified and their forces were scattered, and it was difficult to parry. After barely parrying three rounds of attacks from the 88th Division, they began to call for help everywhere.

"Report! Japanese reinforcements arrived from all over the country. ”

In 88 was inside the command camp tent, a soldier ran to report. Zhong Bin leaked a smile at this time, and ordered: "Order the front attack troops, slow down the pace of the attack, and don't play with your life like this." ”

"Yes!" The herald saluted, then turned and left the command tent.

Zhong Bin immediately picked up the phone and called the headquarters of the 87th Division, saying, "Our first phase of the task is completed, and the next step is up to your 87th Division." ”

"Got it."

The commander of the 87th Division hung up the phone, picked up the phone a few more times, and then ordered loudly: "Attack from the front!" ”

"Boom Boom" "......"

Countless shells rained down on the outer positions of the southern line of Lanfeng, and the flames splashed everywhere, and the thick smoke of gas enveloped the entire Japanese position.

"Doodoo" "......"

A series of high-pitched and agitated trumpets sounded in the south, followed by deafening cries of killing. The 87th Division took advantage of the fact that the devils did not slow down and did not rush to ask for help, and directly launched a general attack.

The Japanese command made a complete mistake. They thought that the Western Front would be the main direction of attack of the Chinese army, but they did not expect that the deadly attack of the 88th Division was just a feint, which was used to attract reinforcements from other troops.

Not long after, the positions on the southern front were easily broken by the 87th Division. The 87th Division did not stop and attacked Lanfeng County.

However, the attack of the 87th Division again surprised the Japanese troops, who were in no hurry to storm the inner city. The vanguard was like an unsheathed sword, taking the east gate with lightning speed. The purpose is to cut off the devil's retreat and completely annihilate the devil's two brigades to achieve the greatest results.

Unexpectedly, it was not only the command of the devil, but also Shao Fei who made a mistake. He led the special combat team to ambush east of Lanfeng. Originally, I thought that the national army would invade the county seat, and the commander of the devil would inevitably flee eastward, but he didn't expect that it was the 87th Division waiting for him.

Zhong Bin played a trick of "striking the east and attacking the west", but Shao Fei didn't know it.

"Let's go! I'm going to change into the clothes of the people, I don't want to be beaten to death by my own people! ”

Shao Fei immediately headed north with the special operation, hoping to intercept and kill them before the devil command retreated.

The 87th Division quickly occupied the eastern part of Lanfeng, leaving one battalion behind, and the rest of the troops quickly headed north.

The intention of the 87th Division was very obvious, to cut off the retreat of the Japanese army and surprise the enemy's command center.

The Japanese command reacted quickly, and now there was no time to send troops back. Leave behind to die or be taken prisoner. The commander of the devil made a quick decision and fled from Lanfeng from the north with the remnants and went to Sanyi Village.

The devil in Lan Fengli lost his command, like a plate of loose sand. The 88th and 87th Divisions began to attack from east to west, annihilating the remaining devils one by one.

"I finally escaped."

"Yes, it's too unjust to be killed by your own people."

"When did the Central Army move so quickly, we didn't even have time to change clothes."

“……”

The special combat team also escaped from the north of Lanfeng, and they were all glad that they were not killed by their own people, and they escaped by luck. But they didn't catch up with the devil's headquarters, and it seemed that they were running faster than the special combat team.

Sabu asked, "Instructor, what do we do now?" ”

Shao Fei fought so inexplicably for the first time that he was kicked out of the battle circle by his own people. So he said: "The battlefield here no longer belongs to us, let's go." ”

After speaking, Shao Fei led the team to the west.

The battle for Lanfeng was not finished until late in the evening, and the Nationalist army successfully recaptured Lanfeng.

During the battle, although the Japanese troops lost their chain of command and were like a plate of scattered sand, their will to fight was awe-inspiring. They would rather die with you than surrender. The national army was able to capture it, but it was only some wounded soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness.

At the same time, other troops were victorious. After a round of bloody battles, the 155th Division successfully held Luowang Station; The 58th Division occupied Luowangzhai; The troops of the Nationalist Army on the Eastern Front also achieved great results, compressing the main force of the 14th Division to the area of Sanyi Village.

The 14th Division of Tufeiyuan once again became a turtle in the urn. After several days of fighting, nearly half of the combat strength was lost.

The whole line was victorious, and Xue Yue once again saw the hope of annihilating the Tufeiyuan Division. In three days, he only needed three days to make Tufeiyuan's 14th Division disappear from Chinese soil.

(End of chapter)